Pi Jacobs - Live at Rockwood Hall in NYC 2012
Here is a great sounding example of how great artists are using the Crossover Picks in performance. Notice the versatility that Pi demonstrates in her right hand technique. The bass notes are also more balanced and project well in the song called "New Shoes" by Pi Jacobs.
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| Pi Jacobs is an LA based singer and songwriter |
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CUSTOM PRO CROSSOVER PICKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM STRUM-N-COMFORT DIRECT!
The Custom Pro Crossover Pick series feature hand shaped and optimized picking tips. Each custom pick comes with a handy two pocket carry pouch.
There are two unique Pro designs to choose from. They are, the Les Wise Pro and the Greg M Atkin Pro. Both of the new Pro Crossover Picks in the series utilize the same sturdy Nylon strap system used by the Kodiak standard Crossover Picks.
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| Take the next step with Steve Trovato |
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UNIVERSAL PICKING TECHNIQUE METHOD BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE!
Guitarist and educator Steve Trovato and SharkTooth Crossover Pick inventor Greg M. Atkin have completed the long awaited Universal Picking Technique method project. The combination book, CD & SharkTooth Crossover Pick is now available directly from Strum-N-Comfort Picking Systems.
The UPT method book combination also includes a free Magic stone pick as an extra special gift ($8.00 retail value).
Please call 714-663-0071 to talk to Crossover Pick inventor Greg M. Atkin.
ATTENTION GUITAR TEACHERS: ASK ABOUT THE MUSIC SCHOOL PROMOTIONAL OFFER.
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| Just Imagine what you can do with the Crossover Pick! |
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| SharkTooth Traditional Crossover Pick |
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| Fully adjustable on your thumb |
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| Kodiak Crossover Pick |
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| Less bulk and highly functional |
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Radical Classical
SharkTooth Crossover Pick user Jocelyn Celaya (known as "Radical Classical") plays her composition "String Theory" for Strum-N-Comfort in new video.
Jocelyn Celaya "Radical Classical" is a virtuoso guitarist/vocalist that resides in the border towns of San Diego, CA. and Rosarito, Mexico.
Keeping the foundation of traditional classical techniques, Radical Classical contains heavy bass lines, speedy leads, and multi-dimensional melodies accompanied by strong vocals and lyrics. With the release of three albums entitled "Mosaic Jungle," "String Theory," and the newest self-titled "Radical Classical," this young lady has performed and headlined at locations ranging from conservatories and arts theaters, to Christian venues and ministry tours, to conventional outlets and underground metal festivals both nationally and internationally.
Radical Classical music has been featured in television shows, independent films, magazines, radio stations, and has received awards from the Nashville Songwriters Association International, Association of Finger-style Guitarists, and has been placed on the Official Ballot for the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (the Grammy Awards) under the categories of "Best Pop Vocal Performance" (2007&2008), "Best Pop Instrumental Album of the Year"(2007 & 2008),"Best New Artist" (2007), "Best Pop Instrumental Performance" (2008), and "Best Album of the Year" (2008).
Radical Classical's unique style is bringing life back into sales of classical guitars, and companies have solicited her assistance in sharing the gift of their sweet sound to ever-growing audiences. She has been involved in several productions of new Radical Classical guitars to revolutionize the instrument and genre. Being a proud owner of Fender classical guitars, she is graciously endorsed by world class companies such as Fender Guitars, Inc., Guild Guitars, Strum-N-Comfort Crossover Picks, & La Bella Strings and L. R. Baggs.
Radical Classical has had the honor of performing for and/or worked with distinguished and diverse listeners that include the world famous Romero's Family, P.O.D., Switch Foot, Pearl Jam, Tony Moore (The Cutting Crew), Bruce Dickenson (Iron Maiden), Noah Henson (Pillar) and many others.
Watch Radical Classical close up on Youtube... activate the link above to see and hear Jocelyn Celaya demonstrate Radical Classical and the SharkTooth Crossover Pick...
Learn much more about Radical Classical by visiting her web site:
www.radicalclassical.com
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Thanks for visiting Strum-N-Comfort Picking Systems!
Join the Crossover Pick Revolution!
SharkTooth and Kodiak are powerful Crossover picks designed by guitarists for guitarists. The comfortable picks are designed to enable "Universal Picking Technique?. The fully adjustable pick gives you total control over the pick tension, tip depth, and 3D picking angles. The Crossover pick is a great teaching tool and is embraced by educators and pro players alike.
The SharkTooth pick's elegant design even allows you to use your favorite flat pick! Click here to learn more about SharkTooth & Kodiak Crossover Picks!
SPECIAL OFFER!
Buy any two of the Crossover Pick models and get a heart shaped natural stone guitar pick free. The stone pick is an $8.00 value.
Call 714-663-0071 to get the free stone pick. Ask for Greg.
YouTube Pick of the month!
Check out Australian guitarist and Crossover Pick user Milton Sofoulis in this very creative three guitar rendition of the classic bluegrass tune Blackberry Blossom. Click on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5FtHUL8P3o
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| SharkTooth Hybrid Crossover Pick |
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| SharkTooth Un-Thumb_Pick with flat pick engaged |
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| Sweet Band bass player Steve Priest at the Whiskey in Hollywood |
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| Steve Priest of The Sweet Band Adopts the SharkTooth Crossover Pick!
The newly reformed Sweet Band kicked off their International tour in June 2008 with a concert at the famed Whiskey club in Hollywood, CA. The Sweet Band is best known for their mega-hits "Fox on the Run", "Love is like Oxygen" and the ever popular "Ballroom Blitz".
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| Sweet Band bassist Steve Priest using the SharkTooth Crossover Pick |
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See The Sweet Band, Live! In America CD review in the February 2011 issue of Vintage Guitar magazine. On newsstands now!
Steve Priest is the original bass player and singer for the Sweet Band. Steve is using the SharkTooth Crossover Pick system for most of the bands arrangements. Steve says, "The SharkTooth Crossover Pick has helped the way I play bass".
Steve substitutes the Kodiak (0.8mm) medium gage polymer flat pick for improved durability on bass guitar. The tone, pick attack & durability, the comfort and less fatigue are all benefits of the new Crossover Pick system. In addition, Steve applies Universal Technique in terms of right hand versatility.
Get the new Sweet Band "Live" CD now!
You must hear the new arrangement of "Love is like Oxygen" from the new CD. It is fantastic!
Visit www.thesweetband.com for the concert tour schedule and to learn more about the bands history.
Many thanks to Ernie Manrique for providing the great concert photos of Steve Priest. For professional photography services for the arts and many other events seek out Ernie Manrique photography.
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| For the guitar aficionado!
Vintage Guitars on VintageandRare.com
Over 3200 vintage or custom guitars are featured at VintageandRare.com. I highly recommend that you visit this site and view the guitar section. VintageandRare.com is the largest site of its kind on the web in Europe.
Follow the link above and feast your eyes on thousands of vintage and custom guitars from builders world wide.
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“This is one of the most functional Crossover Picks out there! I spend less time thinking about technique and more time making music.”
Tim Thompson – 2008 Winfield National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion and Nashville based studio guitarist & composer
Watch Tim play with the Kodiak Crossover Pick on youtube now! Click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyG-bu_x-Hw
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| Click on the image above to view guitarist Tim Thompson's performance video! |
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| Pete Steinberg, Ric Ickard and Joe Diorio at afg.org event |
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| The Magic Pick
Jazz Great Joe Diorio is a fan of the new semi-precious stone pick from Stum-N-Comfort.
"I have been searching all of my life for the magic guitar pick. I have now found it in this heart shaped semi-precious stone pick from Strum-N-Comfort."
Joe Diorio
Legendary Jazz guitarist and highly respected educator
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| Semi-precious heart shaped stone guitar picks |
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| Magic Pick Stone Guitar Picks
Magic Picks are beautiful heart shaped semi-precious stone guitar picks. The stone picks are hand made from agate, black onyx and other silicate based materials. There are ten different stone colors and types to choose from. The stone picks come engraved with a Celtic Cross, a Dove, a Shark and Kodiak Bear image. The engraved images also enhance the players grip during play.
The stone picks are also available with no engraved image on the surface.
As a guitar pick, the asymmetrical shape, a thumb indent on one surface and the 1.0mm beveled picking tip combine to make the stone pick an ideal flat picking practice tool.
The high density material is very hard and offers little friction on the string. The glassy tone on the high strings and the warm bass string sounds are a hallmark of the pick.
Many professional guitar teachers recommend these picks to their student to help them develop fine finger muscle control.
The retail price for each stone pick $8.00.
Click on the photo or the Magic Pick navigation link on the left side of this page to learn more.
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| Philip Bynoe using the Crossover Pick with Steve Vai on his south America tour! |
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Esteemed Bass player and teacher Philip Bynoe adopts the Crossover Pick from Strum-N-Comfort!
Strum-N-Comfort Picking Systems is very proud to announce that esteemed Bass player and teacher Philip Bynoe has begun to adapt the "Crossover Pick" to his broad repertoire for the instrument.
Philip says, "The Crossover Pick is a great tool for reducing stress on the hand while -at the same time- facilitating a smooth & varied flow of right hand technique."
Philip began studying music at a very early age and played several instruments through High School before settling in on Bass. He attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston and studied there with Wit Brown.
Philip has played in many bands and has toured with or recorded with a long list of luminaries. In the late 1990's, Philip toured with guitarist Steve Vai and they together recorded G3.
Philip is currently an instructor for Rock Bass at the L.A. Music Academy in Pasadena and is about to begin a tour of Japan to support the release of the new CD by Mark Zonder and his Heavy Metal band Slavior. Visit http://www.myspace.com/slaviorband to listen in.
Please visit Philip's web site at www.philipbynoe.com or his My Space page at www.myspace.com/philipbynoe for his professional resume and other projects underway at this time.
Many Thanks Philip,
Greg Atkin
President
Strum-N-Comfort
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PROFESSIONAL PLAYER OBSERVATIONS
"I enjoy playing a variety of music styles and techniques on guitar. However, blending these techniques has always been a challenge.
The SharkTooth Crossover Pick is like the missing link and I am very glad to have discovered the pick at last!"
NOTE: Guitarist Dick Eliot has an awesome musical history and is now working on a new engineering design for the Hybrid model of the SharkTooth Crossover pick. Watch for much more creative music from Dick Eliot.
See Dick play with the Crossover pick on youtube! Click on the following link.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNrh6ezGCc0
Learn more about Dick Eliot's rich musical contributions as a Guitarist and Educator!
www.dickeliot.com
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"The SharkTooth flat pick is such a versatile pick. Its unique grip allows me to move very easily between hybrid picking and sweep picking. It also produces the 'bite' when I need it for more funky articulations.
It is the only flat pick I've found so far that has improved my tone on guitar.
The rounded, dark tone of the 1.5mm has enhanced my Jazz sound.
Thanks for a great product."
Mageshen Naidoo
Director, Centre for Jazz & Popular Music
University of KwaZulu Natal
Durban, South Africa
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| Virtuoso Guitarist Dick Eliot |
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Watch this very entertaining video featuring noted author, folklorist and musician Dr. Chris Grooms of Collin College in Texas.
Dr. Groom's web site is really cool place for all things Celtic. He is a very innovative user of the SharkTooth Traditional picking system where a vaiety of flat picks are combined with the thumb sleeve.
http://docgrooms.com/chris_bbc.html
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"Greg, your Kodiak Crossover Picks are fantastic! I can forget about holding a pick and focus on my fingering and fretting instead. Can't wait to try your new leather version too.
Thanks again for an amazing product which made The New Eclectic Sound Experience - "2008's Top Gear for Guitarists".
Well deserved.
May God bless and keep you!
Dr. Marie Miczak
http://www.mariejmiczak.blogspot.com/
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SharkTooth Crossover Pick User Observations
"I am now a lifetime user of your great product. Always had trouble keeping thumbpicks on. The Sharktooth solves my problem AND doesn't make my thumb sore either after an entire picking session".
Thanks much!!
Matthew Poleski
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| Dr. Marie J. Miczak and her Martin D-16 |
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News!
"Best Guitar Accessories for 2008"
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The John Pisano Guitar Night Jazz Calendar collection makes a great gift for the Jazz guitarist in your life. The perpetual calendar features a set of fine art photos taken by Jazz photographer Bob Barry.
The gift collection also includes a semi-precious heart shaped guitar pick and the Best of Guitar College DVD magazine. The DVD features many interviews with professional guitarists around the country, concert footage of Guitar Night at Spazio in Sherman Oaks, CA and a personal interview with guitarist John Pisano. Much more musical entertainment is to be found on the DVD.
Click on the image below in order to purchase the calendar collection at the Artisan StudioWorks web site.
Thanks for visiting!
Peace,
Greg M. Atkin
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| Opportunities now available! For guitar-related music teachers, accessory distributors and music product manufacturers, there is an opportunity for you to benefit by private label licensing or distributing the SharkTooth Crossover Pick directly.
* Buy product custom labeled to promote your own name or brand.
* Resell the SharkTooth brand directly.
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| View all of the Magic Pick related jewelry by clicking on the image above! |
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The Magic Stone Pick Project
Magic Picks are heart shaped semi-precious stone guitar picks that are made to exacting specifications. The stone picks are also designed to mount into a beautiful Silver colored -Rhodium plated- pendant and locket. Several other stone pendant configurations are also available that use the unique Peace Pick design.
Visit www.artisanstudioworks.com for more information and to view current photos of the picks and pick jewelry.
They make a great gift for Christmas, Valentines Day and birthdays!
The Magic Pick is not only a highly functional stringed instrument pick, it is comforting to look at or to just hold in the hand. Jewelry lovers get an additional benefit when the pick is mounted in the beautiful silver colored locket/pendant and worn for all to enjoy.
Thank you for your visit.
Greg M. Atkin
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Pi Jacobs Hilton Hotel performance - during NAMM 2007- wins Martin Guitar Company recognition!
Follow the YouTube link below to see the Hilton Hotel Pi performance video.
http://www.youtube.com/v/1T1dSzxmWVA&rel=1
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| Pi concert in Los Angeles |
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About Pi
Pi has been singing since the tender age of 3, when she sang her first solo in her preschool choir in the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco. Continuing in her precocious nature, Pi left high school at 16 to begin a music degree at her local Junior College. After graduating with a double major in Jazz bass, and voice, she spent the next few years playing as a top tier studio and touring musician in the bay area.
In 2001, bored with the sideman/ backup singer role, Pi teamed up with Tommy Boy artist/ producer Pfilbryte and recorded her first cd, “Irrational”. The response to Irrational was overwhelming, leading Pi to a Management deal with NYC’s Alabina Entertainment, a European record deal with the French Atoll Music label, and the placement of all 12 of Irrational’s tracks on various TV shows.
In 2002, Pi relocated to NYC, where she found a musical home by participating in the side projects “BabesWithBeats”, the “SirensWildRide” touring collective, and the writing a music theory column for the respected zine “WomanRock.com”. When not on the road.
In 2004, Pi moved to Los Angeles to be with the love of her life, and released her second CD ‘’beat mining in dark places’. The cd was highly acclaimed by critics, and licensed to independent films and TV shows, (see PRESS and TV/FILM below), but Pi’s personal style was moving away from the loopy- sample heavy style of Irrational and Beat Mining. Several solo cross-country tours later, Pi found herself itching to do more organic work, with a band, and with acoustic instruments.
Shortly after “Beat Mining” was released, Pi began work on her newest cd, “the curse of the songwriter”. Working with veteran LA musicians and using all acoustic instruments, Pi began crafting a new sound, which Veteran Engineer Randy Wine (U2, Springsteen, Melissa Etheredge) has called “totally unique”. A blend of reggae, hip-hop, funk and New Orleans grooves, with super-organic acoustic instruments, “curse” has all the “feel good” elements of these random styles, while first and foremost, delivering Pi’s powerfully emotional voice and lyrics. “The curse of the songwriter” will be released in Feb. 2007, on Pi’s label, “ThatCrazyChick Music”, and is currently being shopped to select TV and Film projects.
Television and Film
2001-2007 -Songs from Irrational and Beat Mining aired on “Road Rules”, “Making the Band”, “High School Reunion”, “Sorority Life”, “The Real World” and more.
Feb 2006 – Pi performed with Roger Daltrey of “THE WHO” in the TLC documentary “Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp”.
2005 – Pi’s song “little secret” was in the film “Coffee Clutch” an independent that screened at the Cannes film festival.
Sept 2003- Pi performed “ Little Secret” on FOX TV.
Radio
Songs from Irrational have been heard nationwide on the following college and public radio stations: KALX, KUSF, WERG, KCR, KCSB, KCSC, KCSF, KDNZ, KGUR, KCPR, WFUV and more.
Performances (partial list)
NYC: CBGB's, Sidewalk Cafe, Rubyfruit, Meow Mix, Lilly's, Arlene’s Grocery, Café’ 111, The Knitting Factory, Pi was the resident entertainer at the Paradise Café in Manhattan’s Chelsea district for 2003-2004.
San Francisco, CA: Paradise Lounge, Slims, Sweetwater Saloon, Tongue and groove, and Bimbo’s
Los Angeles, CA: Hallenbecks, Cat Club, Viper Room, The Knitting Factory, The Key Club, Genghis Cohen, Room 5, The House of Blues, BB Kings @ Universal City Walk.
Pi has toured the US nationally 3 times since 2000.
Festivals: Rockergirl Magazine Convention, Pistahan Filipino Festival, PussyPowerV, GEMS, Harris Radio and GoGirlsMusic Showcases @ SXSW, LA Folk Alliance Conference 2006.
Discography
Pi “Beat Mining in Dark Places” (LP 2005) US ThatCrazyChick Music
Best of NYC “Chicks With Guitars” (2004 compilation) features “Freaks”
Pi “Irrational” (LP-2002) released in France as licensed to the Atoll Music Label
Pi “Irrational” (LP-2001) US ThatCrazyChick Music.
Wine Women and Song (Compilation 2001) breast cancer benefit CD features “it doesn’t matter”
Idiotbox Fifteen Seconds (LP- 1998- US) I Like to Watch Music –feat. Pi on lead vocals and bass
Awards / Accolades
2006 – Pi’ chosen Radio Crystal Blue’s “GEM of the WEEK” over indie fave Garrison Starr.
2005 – Pi chosen to endorse The SharkTooth Crossover Pick by Strum-n-Comfort.com
Visit Pi at www.thatcrazychick.com for more up to date developments.
© 2007 Pi
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| Oscar Islas Playing the GuitarViol (Click on the movie link above) |
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| GuitarViol designer & builder Jonathan Wilson |
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Enter to Win some great prizes in the drawing held for new SharkTooth Crossover Pick players.
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gatkin@strum-n-comfort.com
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